Relatively recent papers made of wood pulp are more susceptible to damage than older paper usually of rag pulp high in alpha cellulose. Knowledge of paper composition and origin is important. Various methods of restoration are outlined, including ordinary cleaning by erasure, washing, neutralizing or solvent treatment, followed by reinforcement of the sheets with tissue or chiffon tape, mounting them on special hand-made paper, framing or inlaying them in handmade paper or laminating them either under heat and pressure or with the aid of a solvent to tissue paper or cellulose acetate film. Heat-and-pressure and solvent lamination are the most commonly used processes. For pressure lamination of printed material, a roller press is preferred to a flat-bed press. Solvent lamination is best suited for documents on different types of paper which require individual attention. Special attention is paid restoration of maps, charred and water-soaked documents and manuscripts written on birch bark and palm leaves (used as writing materials in the pre-paper era). Recipes for dextrin and starch pastes are appended. -- AATA